Women's Minyan | 
| Author: Naomi Ragen
Publisher: Toby Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 115
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 1592641563
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781592641567
ASIN: 1592641563
Publication Date: March 2006
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Her many fans will welcome the publication of Naomi Ragen's first play, which premiered in July 2002 at Habima National Theater in Tel Aviv. It is based on a true story: a Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) woman, wife of a rabbi, mother of 12, leaves her home and stays with a friend. The community's "modesty squad" tries in vain to force her to go back. Her friend is physically attacked, her arm and leg broken. The rabbi's wife is punished: she is cut off from her children, against her will. Novelist Ragen learned of this tragic story several years ago from a newspaper article. "We've been together ever since then," she says. "They simply crushed this wonderful woman who never committed any crime. It's not a melodrama. It's a story of social truth, like Ibsen's "A Doll's House". "I tried to write a play about the status of the Jewish woman in the strictly Orthodox world," continues Ragen "The religious woman does not have any public place in which she can express her opinions in a natural fashion. Conversely, every man can say whatever he wants from the platform of the synagogue, on any subject, including current events; religious women have never had access to it. In synagogue, we pray upstairs in the women's section, while the men get up and say what they want to the entire congregation. Why shouldn't the woman have the same right? Is she less intelligent? Does she have fewer interesting things to say?"
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 Women's Minyan November 16, 2008
I love the author's writing, and her play was no exception. br /Good window to view a discordant side of what it can mean to be Jewish.
 disappointed November 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It would have been nice to see the description "Play" before I purchased this book. I'm not planning on a stage production, I just wanted to read a good book. This drama is a difficult read. I imagine it would make a good movie, but as reading material it lacks a lot.br /
Mea Shearim expose' September 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The play was effective in exposing some shockingbr /dynamics of the Orthodox Mea Shearim communitybr /in Jerusalem, Israel. It was an upsetting read, yetbr /it is something that should be exposed in orderbr /for reform to occur.
Women's Minyan October 19, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Excellent portrait of a true story that touches on the cloistered environment that is the Haredi community. Naomi Ragen is such a champion of those who have no voice.
Self righteousness vs Godliness August 1, 2007
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
I loved this play! Once again Naomi Ragen challenges us to think, to explore what it means to love God. She challenges us to follow after God and not man. Very enjoyable and I can't wait until I read her next book!
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